Melody’s December 2016 Wrap Up

E-book/Book/ARC/Audiobook Haul
* Shine by Jodi Picoult
Places I Never Meant To Go by Shay Lynam
Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matthew Wilson

Movie, Blu-ray, DVD, & TV Reviews
* Blu-ray: The BFG

December Notes
* My End of the Year TV Survey is here! Along with the End of the Year Movie Survey and in its original form, the End of the Year Book Survey.
* The Top Ten Books I’m Looking Forward To During the First Half of 2017 is here!
Buy Indie Press came to a halt in November like most of my blogging. After the election, I was not at all inspired to blog. But I will complete the final two posts in the new year! Thanks so much for understanding!
* Talk about a magical Loot Crate haul! And then there was another!
* I closed out the year catching the farewell tour of Mamma Mia! in Philadelphia!

Books I Read

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Books on My Shelf That I Read:
1. Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matthew Wilson

Library Books (Physical & E-books) That I Read:
1. Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
2. The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman, Illustrated by Chris Riddell
3. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4. The Body Book: The Law of Hunger, the Science of Strength, and Other Ways to Love Your Amazing Body by Cameron Díaz

Library Audiobooks That I Listened To:
1. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
2. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt
3. Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me by Chelsea’s Family Friends and Other Victims

My favorite book this month: TBD

Movies & Documentaries I Watched

Watched in December 2016
Meet the Blacks (Netflix Streaming)
The Angry Birds Movie (Netflix Streaming)
Zootopia (Netflix Streaming)
The Call Up (Netflix Streaming)
The Loft (Netflix Streaming)
Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things (Netflix Streaming)
10 Cloverfield Lane (Netflix DVD)
Independence Day: Resurgence (Netflix DVD)
Joy (Netflix DVD)

My favorite movie this month: Joy

Until next month, next year, happy reading and viewing!